Bosnia Hertegovina

A witness told the war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb ex-fighter Dragan Sekaric how his wife was killed while trying to escape an attack on the village of Kokino Selo near Gorazde in May 1992.

The language used about Russian meddling in Ukraine is grossly disproportionate and an insult to the victims of the wars in ex-Yugoslavia.

The vice-president of the Serbian Progressive Party said that it would not forget the support it has received from Republika Srpska’s opposition Serb Democratic Party.

A witness told the war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Vitomir Rackovic that the defendant took her to the village of Crnca, where she was raped.

A court in Bijeljina sentenced former Bosnian Serb Army officer Velimir Popovic to five years in jail for violently abusing prisoners of war at the Ugljevik detention camp.

EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the country. “I am returning to Sarajevo to meet the leaders of the institutions and civil society to hear their views about

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) needs to strengthen the country’s European course stressing that the Balkan country needs more and not less Europe.

Leaders of the seven most influential parties in Bosnia-Herzegovina have remained at their previous positions, said reports from Sarajevo. The Bosnian politicians on Monday held a meeting with visiting EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule on Monday called on political leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina to adopt necessary constitutional reforms to make the country’s political system

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule is starting his two-day official visit to Sarajevo on Monday. He will be the first EU official to visit Bosnia-Herzegovina since the start of violent protests earlier this month.